As with practically all rhetorical devices, William Shakespeare liked using it (âShe being none of your flesh and blood, your flesh and blood has not offended the kingâ), but you can thank George Lucas for what is now probably the best-known example: âFear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate.
isolationism. the policy or doctrine directed toward the isolation of a country from the affairs of other nations by a deliberate abstention from political, military, and economic agreements. â isolationist, n.
In addition to these international efforts, a domestically framed policy of isolationism was written into neutrality acts, reflecting Congress's worries over war in South America and the increasing threat of war in Europe, in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 that were unevenly enforced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.